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Season 1

6 episodes · 16th March 2008

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01 Episode 1 still Episode 1 Episode 116th March 2008 It's Passover in Jerusalem, and the city is bursting with pilgrims. It's a tense time for those charged with keeping order - like Pilate the Roman Prefect and Caiaphas the High Priest. The arrival of a preacher from Galilee called Jesus causes great excitement when he enters through the East Gate on a donkey's colt, fulfilling prophecies of the coming of the Messiah. For Jesus's band of disciples, hardened by several years on the road, this is the moment they've been waiting for, but none of them suspects how momentous this week will be. 02 Episode 2 still Episode 2 Episode 217th March 2008 Caiaphas is growing increasingly anxious that Jesus's preaching will provoke unrest and bring in the Romans, and when Jesus appears to threaten the Temple it's the final straw. As Jesus tries to explain his destiny to the disciples, Caiaphas calls a council and presents it with a stark choice. With Passover approaching, a fateful decision is taken, and Judas finds himself placed in an impossible position. 03 Episode 3 still Episode 3 Episode 321st March 2008 Jesus shares his Last Supper with the disciples, and teaches them their last and most important lesson. Whilst Judas slips away to fetch the Temple guards, Jesus leads the disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane and tries to prepare himself for what is to come. The next few hours will bring him face to face with Caiaphas, with Pilate and with his own destiny. 04 Episode 4 still Episode 4 Episode 423rd March 2008 As Jesus is taken from the cross and buried, his disciples cower in hiding. Caiaphas, fearful that the body will be stolen, orders the tomb to be guarded. But when Mary Magdalene discovers it empty, a chain of events is about to begin that will transform the lives of the disciples and reverberate throughout the world for the next two thousand years. 05 Episode 5 still Episode 5 Episode 524th March 2008 06 Episode 6 still Episode 6 Episode 628th March 2008
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Cast & Crew

01 Ben Daniels profile Ben Danielsas Caiaphas 02 Penelope Wilton profile Penelope Wiltonas Mary 03 James Nesbitt profile James Nesbittas Pilate 04 David Oyelowo profile David Oyelowoas Joseph of Arimathea 05 Joseph Mawle profile Joseph Mawleas Jesus 06 Denis Lawson profile Denis Lawsonas Annas 07 Stephen Graham profile Stephen Grahamas Barabbas 08 Dean Lennox Kelly profile Dean Lennox Kelly 09 Paul Nicholls profile Paul Nichollsas Judas 10 John Lynch profile John Lynchas Sagan 11 Daniel Evans profile Daniel Evans 12 Laura Fraser profile Laura Fraseras Abigail
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